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A bowl holds three balls of three different colours. Each step you take out two and paint one the colour of the other. How many steps on average until all three match?

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A bowl holds three balls of three different colours. At each step you take out two balls at random, paint one of them the colour of the other and put both back. On average, how many steps does it take until all three balls are the same colour?

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